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I recently became highly obsessed with the TV show The Borgias, so when it came time for me to make my monthly Thrifty Thursday purchase all I could think about were Italian Renaissance dresses. Just look at these dresses! They may not be 100% historically accurate, but it is impossible to deny that they are pieces of art. Can you see why I was inspired? I got one white sheet, a pillow case that I stole the trim from, an opulent bed skirt, four pieces of light brown fabric, and a pearl…

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After blogging about the process of reconstructing of the earliest pair of surviving English bodies that were found on the 1603 effigy of Queen Elizabeth I at Westminster Abbey, one of the most frequent questions that I received was: do you think these bodies actually belong to the Queen? My answer: no… and yes.

After blogging about the process of reconstructing the earliest pair of surviving English bodies that were found on the 1603 effigy of Queen Elizabeth I at Westminster Abbey, one of the most f…

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Efigy Corset Pattern

This is a mini-tutorial I created in response to a question on the Yahoo Group SCA-Garb, a medieval and renaissance costume list. The GFD (gothic fitted dress) is specialized garment of the 14th and 15th centuries that was worn as a foundation layer underneath fuller and fancier garments such as…

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